Sr Associate Test Automation Engineer

ABOUT AMGEN 

Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier,fuller and longer. We discover, develop,manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helpedestablish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago andremains on thecutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what’s known today. 

ABOUT THE ROLE 

Role Description: 

We areseeking a highly skilled, hands-onSr AssociateTest Automation Engineerwith strong experience in data validation, ETL testing, test automation,CRMiPad Testingand QA process ownership. This role combines deep technical execution with a solid foundation inQA best practices including test planning, defect tracking, and test lifecycle management.  

You willbe responsible for designing and executing manual and automated test strategies for complex real-time and batch data pipelines and inVeeva CRM (iPad App) contributing to the design of automation frameworks, and ensuring high-quality data delivery across our AWS, MuleSoftand Databricks-based platforms.  

Roles & Responsibilities:  

• Collaborate with thedevelopers and QAs to design and implement end-to-end test strategies for data validation,CRM (Salesforce/Veeva) layer testing, andData Migration testing. 

• Perform manual validation of data pipelines, including source-to-target data mapping, transformation logic, and business rule verification.  

• Develop andmaintain automated data validation scripts using Python andPySpark for both real-time and batch pipelines.  

• Contributeto the design and enhancement of reusable automation frameworks, with components for schema validation, data reconciliation, and anomaly detection.   

• Write and manage test plans, test cases, and test data for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.  

• Track, manage, and report defects using tools like JIRA, ensuring thorough root cause analysis andtimely resolution.  

• Collaborate with Data Engineers, Product Managers, and DevOps teams to integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines and enable shift-left testing practices.  

• Ensure comprehensive test coverage for all aspects of the data lifecycle, including ingestion, transformation, delivery, and consumption.  

• Participate in QA ceremonies (standups, planning, retrospectives) and continuously contribute to improving the QA process and culture.  

•  Experience building ormaintaining test data generators  

•  Contributions to internal quality dashboards or data observability systems  

•  Awareness of metadata-driven testing approaches and lineage-based validations  

• Experience working with agile Testing methodologies such as Scaled Agile.  

• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks like Selenium,Copado Robotic Testing, COFTA orPyTest.  

Basic Qualifications and Experience: 

• Master’s degree and 3 to 7 years of Computer Science,IT or related fieldexperience  OR 

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 to 9 years of Computer Science,IT or related field experience OR 

• Diploma and 7 to 11 years of Computer Science,IT or related field experience 

Functional Skills: 

Must-Have Skills  

• Experience in testing automation in front end portals,Mobile iOS applications,.Net Framework and data pipelines.  

• Practical experience with manual validation of data pipelines and source-to-target testing.  

• Familiarity with data integration tools and platforms such as Databricks, AWS Glue, Redshift, Veeva/Salesforce, 

• Strong understanding of test planning, defect tracking, bug lifecycle management, and QA documentation.  

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with standard QA processes.  

• Knowledge of test case and defect management tools (e.g., JIRA, TestRail, Zephyr).  

• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, test planning, test case design, anddefect lifecycle management.  

• Deep hands-onexpertise in SQL, Python, andPySpark for testing and automating validation.  

• Proven experience in manual and automated testing of batch and real-time data pipelines.  

• Familiarity with data processing and analytics stacks: Databricks, Spark, AWS (Glue, S3, Athena, Redshift).  

• Experience with bug tracking and test management tools like JIRA, TestRail, or Zephyr.  

• Ability to troubleshoot data issues independently and collaborate with engineering for root cause analysis.  

• Experience in integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions).  

• Experiencevalidating data from various file formats such as JSON, CSV, Parquet, and Avro  

• Strong ability tovalidate and automate data quality checks: schema validation, null checks, duplicates, thresholds, and transformation validation  

• Hands-on experience with API testing using Postman,pytest, or custom automation scripts 

Good-to-Have Skills: 

• Experiencewith testing tools such as Selenium, Copado Robotic Testing, COFTA and other tools 

• Strong understanding of data modeling, data warehousing, and data integration concepts 

• Knowledge ofAnyPoint Platform,Python, Java, Databricks, Salesforce Platform, AWScloud data platforms 

• Proficiency in using AI tools 

Professional Certifications  

• CertifiedAWS Professional or Associate certification (preferred) 

• Salesforce Certification (preferred) 

Soft Skills: 

• Excellentcritical-thinking andproblem-solving skills  

• Strong communication and collaboration skills 

• Demonstrated awareness of how to function in a team setting 

• Demonstrated presentation skills  

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT 

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. 

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation toparticipate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.